fibratus

fi·bra·tus

[fahy-brey-tuhs]
adjective Meteorology.
(of a cloud) hairlike or striated in composition.
Also, filosus.


Origin:
< Latin: fibered, hairlike, equivalent to fibr(a) fiber + -ātus -ate1

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